After reading the recent letter to the Times about the city of St. Cloud's dealing with cable TV provider Charter, I have a few concerns for my cable service.

First, I have an antenna on the roof of my apartment that I can hook into and receive over 40 some channels, which is wonderful. But I also have a computer, and I need Internet access.

My apartment won't allow me to run cables through the walls or doors, so to have the Internet, I must go through the city's cable provider. The Internet is about $50, but the TV is about $100 per month.

I spoke to the city attorney and learned there is nothing the city can do. Charter is the only internet service. So if I want my internet, it's $150 per month.

Anybody else smell something sour with this case?

I wonder if the payment to the city by Charter has anything to do with the approval of a St. Cloud-Charter contract?

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